1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season
| 1951 NPB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Fukashi Minamimura (YOM) |
The 1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the second season of operation of
Nankai Hawks going 72-24-8, good enough for a .750 winning percentage, on their way to their first Japan Series appearance in franchise history. The Yomiuri Giants would defeat the Nankai Hawks in the Japan Series 4 games to 1, marking the first of 22 Japan Series
championships for the Giants.
Regular season
Standings
| Team | G | W
|
L
|
T | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri Giants | 114 | 79 | 29 | 6 | .731 | — |
Nagoya Dragons
|
113 | 62 | 48 | 3 | .564 | 18.0 |
Osaka Tigers
|
116 | 61 | 52 | 3 | .540 | 20.5 |
| Shochiku Robins | 115 | 53 | 57 | 5 | .482 | 27.0 |
Kokutetsu Swallows
|
107 | 46 | 59 | 2 | .438 | 31.5 |
Taiyo Whales
|
108 | 40 | 64 | 4 | .385 | 37.0 |
Hiroshima Carp
|
99 | 32 | 64 | 3 | .333 | 41.0 |
| Team | G | W
|
L
|
T | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nankai Hawks
|
104 | 72 | 24 | 8 | .750 | — |
Nishitetsu Lions
|
105 | 53 | 42 | 10 | .558 | 18.5 |
Mainichi Orions
|
110 | 54 | 51 | 5 | .514 | 22.5 |
| Daiei Stars | 101 | 41 | 52 | 8 | .441 | 29.5 |
Hankyu Braves
|
96 | 37 | 51 | 8 | .420 | 31.0 |
Tokyu Flyers
|
102 | 38 | 56 | 8 | .404 | 33.0 |
Kintetsu Pearls
|
98 | 37 | 56 | 5 | .398 | 33.5 |
Postseason
Japan Series
CL Nankai Hawks (1)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 10 | Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 2:22 | 29,074[1] |
| 2 | October 11 | Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 1:57 | 27,639[1] |
| 3 | October 13 | Nankai Hawks – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:14 | 35,066[1] |
| 4 | October 16 | Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:13 | 31,936[1] |
| 5 | October 17 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8 | Korakuen Stadium | 1:52 | 15,519[1] |
League leaders
Central League
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Pacific League
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Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Tetsuharu Kawakami, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Nankai Hawks(PL)
- Rookie of the Year
- Kiyoshi Matsuda, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Kazuo Kageyama, Nankai Hawks (PL)
- Eiji Sawamura Award
- Nagoya Dragons(CL)
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "1951年度日本シリーズ 試合結果" (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
- Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.